Carbonating apparatus.



No. 725,531. PATBNTED APB.. 14, 1903..v

` B. ADRIANGE 6L A. CALLESON.

CARBONATING APPARATUS.

- APPLIOATION FILED APB. 4, 1902.

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No. 725,531. PATENTED APR. 14, 1903. B. ADRIANGB & A. CALLESON.

CARBONATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APE. 4, 1902.

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No. 725,531. Y PATENTED APR. 14, 1903. B. ADRIANCE & A. GALLESON.

CARBONATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APB.. 4, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

INVENTOR WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS mi Nonms rz'raws'rol Prioraumn., WASHINGTON. D, c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMN ADRIANOE AND AMOS OALLESON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; SAID OALLESON ASSIGNOR TO SAID ADRIANOE.

CARBONATING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION fermait; para of Letters Patent No. 725,531, dated April 14, 1903.

Y Application filed prilll,1902. Serial No. 101,341. (No model.)

To (LZ'Z whom it may concern:

Be it known that we,`vBENJAMIN ADRIANCE and AMOS OALLESON, citizens of the United States, residing in'Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and Stato of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carbonating Apparatus; v'and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,'clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it ap'- pertains to make and use the same, referencey being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part'of this specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for bottling liquids, and it has reference particularly to apparatus for bottling carbonated bever'- ages.

In general features of construction and operation the apparatus which constitutes the subject-matter of our, present invention is patterned after the bottling-machines which have been patented to William Painter, reference being particularly'had to the machine set forth in his United StatesLetters Patent No. 608,158, Invseveral respects, however, our machine involves material rand even radical variations from Painters machines and indeed from any other machines in this art. In this connectionwe call attention to what we believe are the principal dierences be.

tween our apparatus and those heretofore known: first, in that in our machine the device for effecting the dispensing of the syrulp or flavoring material involves the employ-4 ment of a compressible iluid, such as air, as an element adapted to coact with others to gage or measure off the syrup and also as a medium for precipitously expelling the syrup from the receptacle or container portion of;

ranged that the closnre-aflixing operation is t performed at a point outside of what has been termed in the art the -sealinghead, and, fourth, in that the admission of the carbonating material is adapted to be effected by a special contrivance operative manually independently of the main controlling lever or handle, so that the filling. of the bottle may be the more perfectly and nicely effected.y These and other dierences between our invention and others kindred to it and belonging to the prior art will be hereinafter pary ticularly set forth in the light of the accomp panying drawings, in which- Figure l is a View in front elevation of the improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a side View of said apparatus. Figs. 3, 4, 4, and 5 showin detail that particular portion of the mechanism which has for its functions the introducing of the syrup, the introducing of the carbonating material,and the operation of snifting-releasing the air from the bottle as the liquids fill the bottle, displacing the air. Fig. 6 is a View, partly in section and partly in elevation, of that detail of the apparatus which consists in the mechanism for capping the bottles, a portion of such mechanism beingremoved. Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the capaftixing portion of the mechanism shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail view of the capping mechanism, showing particularly the cap-aflixing device and the relative positions of the sealing-headand the parts directly acting on the cap during the afiixing operation, the sealing-head appearing as in section on the line o; in Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is a View, partly in side elevation and partly in section, of the mechanism whereby the bottle and cap are assembled. Fig. 10 is a front view of what is seen in Fig. 9; and Fig. 11 shows a bottle-head with the completed cap in position thereon, the cap being shown in section.

The various movable parts of 'the apparatus are carried by a pedestal-o', having its lower portion formed as a casing?) and having formed integral therewith alined vertical bearings o, which are connected by a vertical bracket d. Penetrating the pedestal in the lower portion of the casing b thereof is a revoluble shaft e, both ends of which protrude from the pedestal and are reduced, the

body portion thereof being formed with gear- ICO teeth, as at f. The rear reduced end of the shaft carries a sleeve g, whose inner end is formed with an annular llange h. This sleeve is loose upon the shaft and carries a pulley t', which is keyed thereto, as at j. Between the sleeve g and the body portion of the shaft is arranged the sleeve-like hub 7c of another pulley Z, this pulley being likewise keyed on the shaft, as at lm.. The web portion n of the pulley Z is penetrated by several bolts o, carrying each a dog p, which is adapted at one end to take its fulcrum on a bead q, formed on the inner face of said web, while its other end (the end which is the nearest to the shaft) projects toward the shaft and inwardly atan angle slightly acute with' reference to the adjacent portion ot the shaft. The head portions of the bolts carry a clamping-ring 1', which they penetrate, said ring being adapted to take against the outer edge portion of the flange ZL of'sleeve g and also against a flange s, formed on the outer face of the web of the pulley Z. On the sleeve Zo ofthe pulley Z is arranged a cone t, formed with an annular channel u. This cone projects between the several dogs p and is adapted when moved axially and inwardly on the shaft to force the inner ends of said dogs outwardly, thus ei"- fecting a pull in the same direction on the bolts o.

In View of the foregoing description, it being remarked that the pulley 'i is the one whereby power is taken into thev machine from any suitable belt, it will be understood that the mechanism described forms a clutch whereby the shaft c may be rotated from the pulley t' whenever the cone z'; is moved inwardly on the shaft, causing the inner ends of the dogs p to spread, and so exert a pull on the bolts o that will eiect a clamping of the flange 7L of the sleeve g (to which the pulley 'zf is keyed) between the clampingring r and the web of the pulley Z, (which latter is keyed onthe shaft.)

n is a bell-crank treadle-lever, whose fork portion zu carries pins w, which engage the channel u of the cone t, and which lever is fulcrumed near the base of the pedestal a. A spring y tends to raise the lever, thus t'orcing the cone outwardly and rendering the dogs and the parts they control idle.

On the front reducedend portion ol the shaft c is fulcrumed a detente, formed with a notch 1 on its lower end adapted to receive the treadle-lever u to hold it depressed, as in Fig. 10,

4In the lower portion of the pedestal and above the shaft c is` arranged a stationary stubshat't 2, on which is revolublymounted within the casing a gear 3, which meshes with the toothed portion f of the shaft c. The gear 3 has a crank-pin 4, to which is connected one end of a pitman 5, whose upper end is pivotally connected to a plunger t5. This plunger is made hollow and receives the vertical stem 7 of a rest S, the stem carrying a split collar 9, which may be adjustably secured by a bolt 10 on the stem, being adapted to determine the height of the rest. It should be remarked that the plunger 6 slides vertically in the lower bearing c. On the lower end of the pitman is formed a projection 11, which at each complete rotation of the gear 3 is adapted to engage a lug 12 on the detent to turn said detent on the shaft e, and s`0 trip the treadle-lever fu. On the front re duced end portion ofthe shaft c is also mounted rigidly a brake -wheel 13. With this brake-wheel engages a shoe 14, formed of leather or other similar material, carried by the curved portion ot' an elastic lever 15, pivoted to the casing at 16 and having its lower end projecting over the treadle lever c. W'henever the detent releases the treadle-le- Ver, it flies up against the lever 15, causing its shoe to impinge against the brake-wheel.

In the bracket CZ is arranged a rest 17, having its stem 18 secured adjustably in said bracket by a set-screw 19. The rest carries gages 20, adjustable radially thereof. It is adapted to support the bottle while receiving the syrup. Above the rest 17 the arm 21 of the bracket (Z carries a cylindrical vessel 22, preferably composed of transparent glass and having heads 22' and 22, which are bound together by bolts 22', said vessel having its lower head provided with a port 23, which may be connected with the supply of syrup by a tube or otherwise. In this vessel is lit ted an inverted cup 24, whose annular wall at least is composed ot some flexible material, such as rubber or leather, being adapted to snugly tit within the vessel 22. To this cup is fixed the lower end of a gage-rod 25, adjustably secured in the bushing 26 of the head 22 of the vessel by a set-screw 27.

2S is a nozzle projecting through the bottom of the vessel and through the arm 21, in which it is snugly fitted, said nozzle having its upper portion formed as a disk valve 29, which also tits in the Vessel 22. The nozzle has the upper end of its port 30 turned off at right angles, being in the `plane of a port 3l, formed in the bottom head of the vessel 22r and leading into said vessel.

32 and 33 are ports,the former of which penetrates the valve 29 vertically, while the latter atfords communication through the Valve between the port 23 and the interior of the vessel 22 when said po'rts register. Respecting ports 30 and 32 it will be noticed that they constitute separate sections of practically a single port, they being adapted to be connected when they are alined with port 3l. It should be remarked that the ports 32 and being closer together than the ports 23 and 3l are ports 23 and do not register when ports 31 and 32 register, and vice versa. In view of this arrangement of the ports and of the nature of the cup 24: when the nozzle and valve stand so that ports 3l and register the syrup (which, it should be remarked, is maintained in any suitable container,preferably in such manner as to exert some force upon beingpermitted to IIO ing-head.

flow into the vessel) will ilow'into the vessel in such quantity as the body of air between the inowing syrup and the cup 24, gaged by rod 25, permits. If the valve and nozzle are then turned, the inflow will be cut off, while the syrup thus measured will be permitted to flow through `the nozzle, beingv quickly ejected therefrom by the body of air which upon the introduction of the syrup into the vessel it compressed.

, 34 is a lever which is keyed, as at 35, onto the nozzle, being kept in place by a milled nut 36.

After the bottle has received its supply of syrup it is removed by the operative from the rest 17 and placed on, the rest 8. This rest carries the usual guard 37, formed in two sections, oneof which is removable, (and being removed as shown in the drawings.) This guard prevents the glass of the bottle from flying should any accident cause its breakage.` I-Iere the bottle receives its supply of carbonating liquid and is capped.

38 is an annular chamber, which is secured to the bracket d and projects inwardly therefrom, forming with certain other parts hereinafter to be described whatis called a seal- Into this sealing-head projects from above a vertically-movable buffer 39, which is sustained and controlled by expedients hereinafter to be particularly referred to. In order that this buffer and the annular chamber 38 may have a tight fit the one within the other, the chamber has secured to it by an annular metallic plate 40 an elastic ring 41, which fits snugly about the buffer. The buier is formed with a circular recess 42 in its lower end, in a groove 43 in which is set a split ring 44. In preparing to introduce the carbonatingliquid and cap the bottle the operative first pushes the cap up through the sealing-head into the recess42, where it is held by the split ring'44. It may be remarked that the cap preferably used is that shown in Fig. 11,being covered by other United States Letters Patent.

45 is a cam-ring having a radial arm v46, which is connected with the lever 34. by a pitman 47. This ring is secured, so as to turn, to the annular chamber 38 by an annular plate 48, which is in turn secured to the chamber 38 by screws 49, which penetrate slotsl 50 iu the cam-ring. The cam-ring is guided for a true concentric movement by downwardlyprojecting lugs 51 of the annular chamber 38. Its cams are formed internally at 52, and with them engage small cam-blocks 53, which project between the lugs 51 and have their inner` portions enlarged, as at 54, and bearing against a soft-rubber or other form of elastic and contractile ring 55. By turning the cam-ring the cam-blocks are causedto move inwardly toward the center of the sealing-head, thus contracting the elastic ring 55. The bottle being in place with its neck projecting up into the sealing-head, said elastic ring is caused to fit snugly about it and press upwardly against the bottom of the chamber 38.` Thus by the chamber 38, the buffer 39, the elastic ring 55, and the partially-filled bottle'is produced a perfectly-` closed space.

The annular chamber 38 is drilled out t'o form a bore 56, in which is guided the stem 57 of a valve 58, which is connected to and moves with the stem, being heldin the position shown in Fig. 3 by a spiral vspring59,

vdisposed between the valve and a removable 66, which controls communication between ports 67 and '68, leading into the bore 65. This valve normally' has the end of its stem 69 exposed, being thus held by a spiral spring 70, coiled between the valve and a plug 71. l

When the'cam-ring 45-moves far" enough, a pin 7 2, which it carries, will push `against the valve-stem 69, and so move the valve 66, so as to afford communication between'the ports 67 and 68. Invthe upper bearing cis arranged a sleev 73, having a flange 74 at the top which rests on said bearing. In this sleeve fits the buier 39, which has its upper end formed withI a head 75, which takes against the shoulder 76 in the'sleeve to limit the buffers downward movement. Into the upper end of the sleeve is screwed a bushing 77, between which and thebuffer is coiled a Aspring 78, which presses the buer downwardly. Into the bushing is IIO screwed a gage 79, the position of which determines the upward movement of the buffer independently of the sleeve. 80 is simply `a lock-nut for the threaded gage 79. The top of the bushing 77 is formed with a squared portion 81, which receives the fork 82 of a lever 83, which is fulcrumed in the top ofthe pedestal and has its forked end pressed downwardly by a spiral spring 84, interposed Abetween the free endot' the lever and a bracket 85.- Thus even after the buii'er engages the of a'pulley 89, arranged -to revolve on the sleeve. By means of a belt 90, which extends around the pulley and -then'fup o.ver a pair ofpulleys 91, carried by the bracket 85,

and then around said pulley 89, the latter is driven. In'the pulley is journaled a spindle 92, arranged parallel with the axis of the pulley and carrying at its upper end a nger 93, normally pressed inwardly by a plate-spring `93 on the pulley, but which when the pulley is elevated is forced outwardly by the cone S6. It should be remarked that the pulley is carried by a ring 94,'which is screwed onto the lower end of the sleeve 73, the head of a screw 97 limiting the upward movement of the pulley relatively to said ring. 0n the lower end of the spindle is secured by a bolt 9S the split portion 99 of an arm 100, the arm preferably being made of strong elastic material and having its free end turned downwardly. To the end of the arm is secured a revoluble knurl 101.

102 is a cup or other form of receptacle secured to the pedestal and adapted to receive the supply of caps.

Previously to describing the operation of the machine it should be remarked that two bottles are operated upon in the machine practically at the same time, one receiving the syrup and the other receiving the carbonating material and being capped. They are therefore fed to the machine, advanced from the rest 17 to the rest 8, and delivered from the machine as fast as the operative can work.

A bottle being placed on the rest 17 and another one placed on the rest 8, the latter being already provided with its supply of syrup, the operative draws the lever 34 toward him until the ports 32 and 31 register. Previously to this ports 23 and 33 registered, permitting the syrup to iiow into the vessel 22 in a quantity predetermined by the height of the previously-adjusted cup 24. The valve being turned as aforesaid, the syrup fiows out of the vessel 22 into the bottle. Referring now to the operation as it affects the other bottle, (on the rest 8,) the movement of the lever 34, above referred to, through the pitman 47 caused the cam-ring 45 to turn. Before the bottle in question is placed on the rest S, as has been already stated, a cap is introduced into the lower end of the plunger 39. When the bottle is placed in position, moreover, its neck is introduced up into the elastic ring 55. Therefore when the cam-rin g is turned by the operative drawing the lever 34 toward him, causing the elastic ring to contract after the manner and by the means already described, a perfectly-closed cavity will be formed by the partially-filled bottle, the elastic ring, the chamber 38, and the plunger 39, as described above. The operative then presses upon the valve-stem 57 to open the valve 58, whereupon the carbonating liquid ilows into the bottle. The inflowing liquid tends, of course, to compress the air which is in the bottle, so in order to release the air after permitting the valve 58 to close again the operative draws the lever 34 still farther toward himthat is to say, sufficiently so that the pin 72 engages the stem 69 of and moves the valve 66 to open it. Byway of the ports which this valve controls the air escapes. The lever being then immediately slightly returned sufliciently to permit valve 6G to close, the valvesstem 57 is then again pressed on to open valve 5S and complete the filling of the bottle with the carbonating liquid, whereupon the valve-stem 57 is released. The operative now presses upon treadle-lever o, still holding lever 34, so that the consequent actuation of the clutch will cause the pulley Z to be driven. From the pulley l through the shaft e its toothed portion f, gear 3, pitman 5, and plunger 6 the rest 8 will be elevated, raising the bottle until its mouth is projected into the cap which is being held by the buffer 39. When the bot tle is pressed sufficiently against the cap, so that it forms therewith a perfect seal, the lever 34 and the parts it controls may be returned to their original positions; but up to thisstep of the operation they should not be moved, lest the seal be broken at the junction of the bottle-neck and the elastic ring 55, and the pressure in the bottle thus vitiated. As the bottle is elevated, pushing up the buer 39, the latter impinges against the lower end of the gage 79, causing said gage, the sleeve to which said gage is connected by the bushing 77, and the pulley 89 and parts it carries, through the ring 94, to rise. As the parts referred to approach their uppermost limit, the pulley and the parts it carries being meantime rotated about the sleeve 73 by the belt 90, the linger 93 on the spindle 92 is forced outwardly by the cone 86, causing the knurlcarrying arm 100 to move inwardly. The knurl, which has been previously adjusted to the proper position, is thus forced into engagement with the cap, spinning its lower edge into the form shown in Fig. 11, where it appears bent around the lower edge 103 of the bottle-head 104. The cap is thus firmly and permanently secured on the bottle, and it will be found practically impossible to remove it except after the manner peculiar to it. When the operative pressed downwardly on the treadle-lever o, itwas held there by the detent e, whose lower end slipped over the top of said treadle-lever and received it in its notch 1. When the operation of capping the bottle is completed, therefore, the projection 11 on the pitman 5 engages the lug 12 on the detent, moving it, and so tripping the treadlelever and throwing off the clutch. This occurs after the parts which raise the bottle have descended again, and it of course resuits in power being thrown off the pulley Z and parts it controls, which are then immediately stopped by the brake 15 being actu ated by the rising treadle-lever fu and caused to impinge against the brake-wheel. The bottle being thus filled with the carbonating material and capped is removed, and the one which was meantime receiving its supply of syrup is advanced to its position to undergo the same operation.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

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l. The combination, in a Huid-dispensing mechanism, of a vessel having valvecontrolled inlet and outlet ports disposed near one end thereof, said vessel being otherwise closed, a flexible cup interposed in said vessel between said ports and the other end of said vessel and having its concave side disposed toward said ports, and a gage-rod secured to said cup and ad justably arranged in Said Vessel, said vessel inclosing a fluid body between said cup and the ports, substantially as described.

2. In a liquid-dispensing apparatus, the combination of a hollow structure forming a receptacle, and a rotary part adapted to con- -trol the ow of the liquid through said receptacle, said Y rotary partv having ports one of which is divided to form separate sections and said hollow structure having a port adapted to connect the sections of said divided port vand also having another port adapted to register with the other port of said rotary part, substantially as described. v

3. In a liquid-dispensing apparatus, the combination of a suitable vessel having an inlet-port, and a rotary part comprising a nozzle penetrating,r one of the walls of said vessel and a valve inclosed in said vessel, said valve having ports one of which is registerbination of a syrup-dispensing apparatus havable with said inlet-port and said wall of the Vessel having a port with which theother -port of said valve and the port of said nozzle are registerable, substantially as described.

4. ln a bottle-filling mechanism, the combination of a filling-chamber, a sealing device for forming a sealed connection between said chamber and the bottle tobe lled, said chamber having a port leading into its-space, a valve controlling the communication through said port, and a movable part carried by said chamber and controlling both said valve and said sealing device, substantially as described.

5. In a bottle-filling mechanism, the combination of a iilling-chamber, a sealing device for forming a sealed connection between said chamber and the bottle to be filled, said chamber having a port leading into its space, a valve controlling the communication through said port, and a movable part engageable with and controlling both said Valve and said sealing device, substantially as described.

6. In a bottle-lling mechanism, the combination of a filling-chamber, an elastic seal- Ving-ring carried by saidchamber and adapted to form a sealed connection between said I chamber and the bottle to be filled, said chamvchamber and engageable with and adapted to control said valve and the sealing device, substantially as descried.

7. In a bottle-filling mechanism, the combination of a syrup-dispensing apparatus, a iilling-chamber, a sealing device for forming a sealed connection between said chamber and the bottle to be filled, said chamberfhaving a port leading into its space, a valve controll1ng the communication through said port, a movable part controlling said valve and the sealing device, and operative connec` tion between said part and the controlling device of said syrup-dispensing apparatus, substantially as described.

8. In a bottle-filling mechanism, the combination of a syrup-dispensing apparatus, a iilling-chamber, said iilling-chamber having a port leading into its space, a valve conother being adapted to control said sealing device, and operative connection between said parts, substantially asdescribed.

10. In abottle-filling mechanism, the coming a controlling part, a filling-head or fillingchamber having liquid admission and snifting ports, a valve for the snifting-port, a rotary part carried by said chamber and controlling said valve, and another valve condescribed.

ll. The combination, in a mechanismfor lling bottles or other containers, of a fillinghead or filling chamber, a movable part adapted to coact with said filling-head or iill- IOO IIO

ing-chamber and with the bottle to produce a thereby-inclosed space, and a closure-affixing means forl the bottle disposed outside of said space,said part being adapted to receive the thrust of the bottle and tobe movable therewithinto operative contiguity to said closure-aftiXing means, substantially as described. Y

- l2. The combination, in a mechanismfor filling bottles or other containers, of a iillinghead or filling-chamber, a movable closurereceiving partadapted to coact with said fill- -ing-head or filling-chamber and with thebottle to produce a thereby-inclosed space, and a closure-aftixing means for the bottledis- .posed outside of saidspace, said part being adapted to receive the thrust of the bottle and to be movable therewith into operative contiguity to said closure-affixing means, substantially as described.

13. The combination, in a mechanism for iilling bottles or other containers, of a llinghead or filling-chamber, a closure -holding Ypart movable relatively to said iilling-head or filling-chamber and adapted to coact therewith and with the bott-le to form a therebyinclosed space, a bottle-holding means movable in the direction of movement of said part, and a closure-aflixing means for the bottle disposed out of said space, substantially as described.

lei. The combination, in a mechanism for filling bottles or other containers, of a fillinghead or filling-chamber, a spring-pressed closure-holding part movable relatively to said fillinghead or fillingchamber and adapted to coact therewith and with the bottle to form a thereby-inclosed space, a bottleholding means movable in the direction of movement of said part, means for moving said bottle-holding means toward said part, and a closure-afiixing means for the bottle disposed out of said space, substantially as described.

15. Ina bottle-capping mechanisimthe combination of the bottle-holding means, two structures, one of which is substantially rigid relatively to the other and is provided with a cone, and the other of which is yielding, said other structure comprisinga cap-attixng tool, a rotary part carrying said tool, and a capholding part, substantially as described.

1G. Inabottle-cappingmechanism,thecombination of the bottle-holding means, two structures, one of which is substantially rigid relatively to the other and is provided with a cone, and the other of which is yielding, said i other structure comprising a cap-afiixin g tool,

a rotary part carrying said tool, and a capholding part, said cap-holding part being itself yieldingly mounted in said yielding structure, substantially as described.

17. In abottle-capping mechanism,the combination of a suitable support and the bottleholding means, of two structures, one of which is substantially rigid relatively to the other and is provided with a cone, and the other of which is yielding, a kn url adapted to spin an annular depression in the cap, and a lever structure carrying said knurl and adapted to be engaged by said cone upon the movement of said yielding structure, said yielding structure comprising a rotary partv and said lever structure being mounted in said rotary part, and another part of said yielding structure being adapted to receive the bottle-cap, said bottle-support being movable toward said yielding structure, substantially as described.

18. In a bottle-capping mechanism,the combination of a suitable support, a sleeve movable longitudinally inv said support, a cone surrounding said sleeve and carried by said support, a pulley rotatable about said sleeve and movable with the same, a lever structure fulcrumed in said pulley and adapted to engage said cone to be thereby turned on its fulcrum, and a knurl carried by said lever structure, substantially as described.

1S). In a bottle-capping mechanism,the combination of a suitable support, a sleeve movable longitudinally in said support, a cone surrounding said sleeve and carried by said support, a pulley rotatable about said sleeve and movable with the same, a lever structure fulcrumed in said pulley and adapted to engage said cone to be thereby turned on its fulcrum, a knurl carried by said lever structure, and a buffer arranged in said sleeve and movable longitudinally thereof, substantially as described.

20. The combination, in a bottle-capping mechanism, of a support'for the bottle, means for elevating the support, a substantially rigid part, a cone carried by said part, a yielding structure arranged in said part to move vertically and disposed above said bottle-support, said yielding structure comprising a rotary part, a lever structure carried by said rotary part, one arm of said lever structure being adapted to engage said cone upon the movement of said yielding structure, and a knurl carried by said lever structure and adapted to spin an annular depression in the cap upon being moved thereby against the cap, substantially as described.

2l. In a mechanism for lling bottles and other similar containers with fluids, the combination of an annular chamber having a valve-controlled fluid-supply port and a valvecontrolled air-release port, a closure for the top of said chamber, a contractile elastic ring in the bottom of said chamber adapted to receive the mouth portion of the container, a ca m-ring revolubly mounted on said chamber, cam-lugs interposed between said cam-ring and the contractile ring, and a projection on said cam-ring adapted to actuate the valve for the air-release port, substantially as described.

22. The combination, in a mechanism for filling bottles or other containers, of two parts movable the one relatively to the other, one of said parts being a filling-head or fillingchamber and having an opening leading to the atmosphere and the other of said parts being adapted, by virtue ofthe relative movement of said parts, to either close or open said opening, substantially as described.

23. The combination, in a mechanism for filling bottles or other containers, of two parts movable the one relatively to the other, one of said parts being a filling-head or iillingchamber and having an opening leading to the atmosphere and the other ot' said parts being adapted, by virtue of the relative movement ot' said parts, to either close or open said opening and being also adapted to receive the impact of the bottle-closure during the closing operation, substantially as described.

24. The combination, in a mechanism for iilling bottles, of a filling-head or filling-chamber, a movable part adapted to coact with said filling-head or illing-chamber and with the bottle to produce a thereby-inclosed space,and a closure-aflixing means for the bottle disposed outside of said space, said part being adapted IIO to receive the thrust of the bottle while the said cllosnre-a-Xing mechanism comprising 4 closure is being affixed and said part and the afxing means having a relative movement the one toward the other, substantially as described. i

25. In a bottle-filling and closure-affixine: apparatus, the combination of a filling-head or filling-chamber, a closure-axing mechanism disposed at a point somewhat removed from said filling-head or filling-chamber, and. means for moving the bottle to be filled from the illing-head to the closure-afxing means,

tle, substantially as described.

We have hereunto set our hands thisBlst day of March, 1902.

Witnesses:

F. G. PITCHER, WILLIAM' J. I-IOWIE.

a part engageable and movable with the bot- I5 In testimony that We claim the foregoing l 

